(b) You expect to be given parental responsibility for the child under a parental order from the court. The child must live with you and you must apply for the parental order within six months of the child's birth. Only one parent can take adoption leave. If your spouse or partner takes adoption leave with their employer you will not be entitled to adoption leave but you may be entitled to paternity leave (see our Paternity Leave Policy) and/or shared parental leave (see our Shared Parental Leave (Adoption) Policy).
3.3
3.4
The maximum adoption leave entitlement is 52 weeks, consisting of 26 weeks' Ordinary Adoption Leave ( OAL ) and 26 weeks' Additional Adoption Leave ( AAL ).
4.
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: ADOPTION CASES
4.1
Not more than seven days after the agency or local authority notifies you in writing that it has matched you with a child (or where that is not reasonably practicable, as soon as reasonably practicable), you must give us notice in writing of the Expected Placement Date, and your intended start date for adoption leave ( Intended Start Date ). We will then write to you within 28 days to inform you of the date you would be due to return to work (your Expected Return Date ) assuming you take your full entitlement to adoption leave.
4.2
4.3
Once you receive the matching certificate issued by the adoption agency, you must provide us with a copy.
5.
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: SURROGACY CASES
5.1
In a surrogacy case, you must tell us in writing of your intention to take adoption leave and give the expected week of childbirth ( EWC ). You must give this information by the end of the 15th week before the EWC, or if that is not reasonably practicable, as soon as is reasonably practicable.
5.2
We will write to you within 28 days of receiving your notification, to confirm your Expected Return Date assuming you take your full entitlement to adoption leave.
5.3
When the child is born you must tell us the date of birth.
6.
OVERSEAS ADOPTIONS
If you are adopting a child from overseas, the requirements set out in this policy are varied as follows:
6.1
You must have received notification that the adoption has been approved by the relevant UK authority ( Official Notification ).
6.2
You must give us notice in writing of:
(a) your intention to take adoption leave;
(b) the date you received Official Notification; and
(c)
the date the child is expected to arrive in Great Britain.
(d) This notice should be given as early as possible but in any case within 28 days of receiving Official Notification (or, if you have less than 26 weeks' employment with us at the date of Official Notification, within 30 weeks of starting employment).
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